The Russians... they blackmailed me. They… said they would... expose... Crystal.
Now she was sure that Lanniter had lied to her about Brenda. The old man had made the whole thing up just to lure her to Washington so she would complete his project.
Gazing into the woods, she wondered where Brenda was now, and if she was happy.
At that moment, Brenda Hanks was making her way down the ravine on the east side of Castello Fontanella, only a quarter mile from the driveway. She was wearing gray and black camouflaged fatigues and had a heavy knapsack on her back. Her face was blackened with camouflage paint.
She had been investigating an Italian criminal named Valentina Roberto for the past three weeks. It appeared that the genuine KBA Giori printing press that was behind the ever improving qu
